hugovk/linkotron

linkotron

CLI to format links in a shorter format.

Installation

From PyPI

python3 -m pip install --upgrade linkotron

With [pipx][pipx]

pipx install linkotron

[pipx]: https://github.com/pypa/pipx

From source

git clone https://github.com/hugovk/linkotron
cd linkotron
python3 -m pip install .

Usage

Run linkotron or linky, they do the same thing.

from linkotron.scripts.runcommand import run run("linky --help") ]]] --

$ linky --help
usage: linky [-h] [-V] [--no-copy] [-m | -r | -t] [input]

linkotron: CLI to format links in a shorter format.

positional arguments:
  input                 text containing links to shorten (default: read from
                        clipboard)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit

formatters: -m, --md, --markdown output in Markdown -r, --rst, --restructuredtext output in reStructuredText -t, --term, --terminal output in OSC 8 for terminal

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### Linkify a URL

<!-- [[[cog
run("linky https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/")
]]] -->

$ linky https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/ Copied! hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/

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### Linkify a repo

<!-- [[[cog
run("linky https://github.com/python/peps")
]]] -->